how I branded my Pinterest page and why you should too

This post contains affiliate links which means I make a small commission if you buy the product/service I’ve linked to. Thank you for supporting TTBH. Morning friends! If you follow me on Pinterest you’ll notice that I’ve recently branded my profile. Since focusing on building my Pinterest following (which is still on the very small side) and branding each of my posts with at least 2 pinable images, Pinterest has skyrocketed to my biggest traffic…

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Don’t niche yourself into a corner 

Morning folks! I hope you’re all having a great week so far. The weather in these parts has been pretty crummy but the forecast is calling for a good amount of sun coming up so things are due to improve which is great! Nothing sucks more than being stuck inside with a toddler who has suddenly realized that doors lead to amazing outside places. Needless to say, Margsy is super grumpy and just itching to…

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Recipe Calendar – Meal Planner App & 50$ paypal gift card giveaway

This post is sponsored by Harmonic Soft. All opinions are my own. Thank you for kindly supporting TTBH. One of the disadvantages of living a frugal lifestyle is falling into food ruts. Frugal living in our house comes with a  sense of living on autopilot and once we figured out a general meal plan that appeals to us and stays on budget we stick to it week after week. Although our meals are generally healthy…

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balancing evergreen vs real-time content

When I was first introduced to blogs roughly 15 years ago they really acted as an online journal of sorts. Back then (yes, I’m really that old) the blog world was dominated by hand coded layouts, archives and the word blog really wasn’t even used to describe the trend. With time, these hand coded websites a la angelfire or geocities were replaced by revolutionary (at the time) content automation sites like diaryland that stored, updated…

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How a workflow can make you a better blogger

Blogging is such a learning process isn’t it? If you’re anything like me you’ve experimented a ton, looked to other bloggers for advice and done research on top of research to find out what’s in that secret sauce that allows some of these big time bloggers to consistently churn out awesome content, be ever present on social media and otherwise rock at blogging. Well folks, the secret sauce is a workflow. Basically, every successful blogger…

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20 must have wordpress plugins

WordPress plugins are my focus for today folks! But first, I have a confession. I’ve become obsessed with WordPress plugins. Why you might ask? Well, they are super fun, super efficient and on some subconscious level I totally geek out on this stuff. Mer sometimes tells me that I probably should have pursued a career in technology because I’m so intrigued by how this stuff works. I’ve realized pretty quickly that one of the enormous…

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How to disconnect in an overconnected world

Let’s talk about disconnecting today okay? Raise your hand if you’ve never got your smart phone far from reach. Raise it even higher if you check in (social media, wordpress, facebook) at least a half dozen times of day. I’m guilty of both of these and since starting this blog I find I’m even more over-connected than I was before. Pre-blog I’d check in to read a couple of my favorite blogs from time to…

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